That thing you were asking about is the sand point for a driven well pipe. It's threaded to accept the screened pipe that goes at the bottom of the well. Basically, it lets you pound a piece of pipe into loose or sandy soil where you can't drill. You keep adding sections of solid pipe and pounding the down until you hit a good water flow or something that's too hard to drive the pipe through.

@Phred_Phlintstoner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. That was my first thought as well. I wasn't 100% sure, but I was gonna suggest that that's what it was myself.

@corey6393

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same thing. I helped my dad drive anew sand point well when I was a young teen. It was in the basement of our house, so we only had room to go about two feet at a time. It wore me out, I can only imagine how my dad felt after doing that all day.

@myrrhavm

Жыл бұрын

@@corey6393 But then when that is in the earth do you unscrew it to place the pump?

@myrrhavm

Жыл бұрын

Look up flag pole or post finial.

@saltycreole2673

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I couldn't concentrate on the video without that info. Really, I couldn't!

Very clever way to make a socket 👍. Ginger always makes me laugh, she has endless energy. 😄

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

She will never stop.

You absolutely are one of the most ingenious people making these kinds of videos. I always learn something.

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks

I made a sprocket socket for my harley .at the time low dollar for the socket was $200 . So bought the socket at farm& fleet ,cut it at the factory weld.and welded a 6" tube joining the socket together👍. Thanks again Derek

Another good reason to make your pipe based sockets is when you need a thin walled socket to fit a nut or bolt in a location where a normal or impact socket thickness makes them impossible to use.

Paint them flat black so you can use them with an impact.

@theartsandcraftscave5953

8 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 that's great. U are a true comedian lol

It's better than strap on, I mean snap on! Snap on is over priced metal painted red. You are better than MacGyver, thanks for all you share with us!

I used to see sockets like these included with the little repair kits that were onboard on older Honda ATV's and Trail bikes, they aren't meant for heavy use, but they work in a pinch!

I actually made one out of a 2.5" OD steel pipe to remove the propane tank valve by cutting out slots on each side and then using a pipe wrench to grab the round end. Great ideas!!!!

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@TheAwmartin

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t you have used the pipe wrench on the valve itself?

@timothywilliams2021

Жыл бұрын

A lot of propane tanks have a gaurd around the valve. It would be difficult to do. My buddy owns a propane shop and essentially did the same for changing valves.

You can use the same method on much thicker walled pipe by heating the pipe to a dull red heat so it forms easily. I'd tap the flats back in too while it's hot. Better leave it on the nut to cool so it doesn't shrink so much the new socket is too small. Bonus is the heat can seep into the nut and help free it. Another trick is right after forming the hex, while still on the nut, move the other end of the pipe in a little circle to give a flared lead in for the nut. Leave the pipe long and ideally use a welding torch so you can quickly heat just the bit you want to form or the pipe can deform above the nut. Filing or turning a chamfer inside the pipe also helps get it started.

@pureblood3813

Жыл бұрын

Great info

Simple, yet brilliant solution to a common problem. Thanks. But Ginger is still the showstopper!

We welded a piece of flat plate and a nut on the end of our custom sockets, and then you covered that - as if right on cue! @10:45 Absolutely right. Why spend the dough on something you may use only a few times? If you need to use it more often, then it can be beefed up, or it may be time to purchase the appropriate tool. My father had some tool kits from Japan and the sockets looked very much like this. Good quality pipe formed into a socket on one end and a set of holes on the other end for turning. Even came with a round bar to use as a handle in the kits. Thank you for sharing how to do this. This trick will save many people time and money down the road. 🐺🔧

The spike is made as a head for had driven shallow wells. I use them to make holes to run wiring under concrete or driveway. Hammer it through a trench wall to another trench on the other side. You just add pipe as needed for depth or distance.

The spear that has threads is for the end of a sand point, I do believe. You screw that piece onto the Sandpoint pipe and drive it into the ground. (Sandpoint is a DIY well).

My Dad has a box of old box spanners (not sure if you call them that in the US) which are a tube with a hex formed at the ends. They got hammered onto stubborn nuts, but I never thought of making your own. Cheers Moe, for another inspiring video!

@emeltea33

Жыл бұрын

What he made we call sockets. I thought your spanners were what we called wrenches.

@ShedTV

Жыл бұрын

@@emeltea33 Predecessor to the modern cast or machined socket were the old tubular steel type usually a different size at each end and with a hole for a bar to turn them; stangely these were called box spanners in the UK. And yes, we do call wrenches spanners. Apart from monkey wrenches, pipe wrenches and torque wrenches. Torx and Allen wrenches are called torx and Allen keys, just to add to the confusion!

@emeltea33

Жыл бұрын

@@ShedTV Thanks. Box spanner makes sense. Sounds like the older Wyle ones are what's still employed for plumbing sockets (faucets). We call the latter ones all the same.

@bbjazzmanjazzman7721

Жыл бұрын

Here in the southern states we call that type of home Crafted tool a "DookeyChute"!!cause it looks like an outhouse special..

@chipperkeithmgb

Жыл бұрын

I’ve Made some myself heat the pipe bosh it on the nut job done

To grab a thin-wall tube with a pipe wrench, slip a socket (that just fits inside) the thin-wall tube to keep it from collapsing.

Good ideas. I weld for a living. Every once in a great while we gotta build, or fix stuff that I don't like buying expensive tools for.

That dog is a keeper. She is so loving and playful.

Handy tip when you need a socket in a pinch! Kinda reminds me of a Stihl spark plug wrench. Thanks!

Great tips. All the more reason to keep the random bits of pipe stashed under my house.

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Always need a good stash of random pipe.

@MaxGiganteum

Жыл бұрын

Us machinists & fabricator guys always keep a crate or ten of random metal bits, bars & tubes laying about... you never know when you'll need a chunk of metal for whipping up a replacement part or for a repair of some kind. I've scrounged suitable used metal from all sorts of used equipment, automobiles, appliances, toys, random household items, alongside a roadway, alongside railroad tracks... I could go on and on. The great thing about large appliances is the sheet metal. If you have a way to shear it to size and a small brake, you can fab up containers for projects, roofing, siding, signs, etc. Example? I know of a few guys that cut the roof off a few cars and fabbed up a metal roof for a shed. Cost? Time and effort... the metal was free. How did it look? Professional! The point is that it's wise to keep some parts & pieces in storage racks or a bin for future use depending on what your capabilities are and based on what you do. It's nice to just grab what you need and go while saving time, energy & money. Peace & good vibes! ✌🏻👨🏻‍🔧🇺🇸 - Max Giganteum

Tube sockets are ideal for recessed spark plugs, i have a few of them in my toolbox of crud. I save solid metal rods from printers and such for drifting bearings out. I don't see much metal pipe going for cheap, but ill keep your idea in mind :-D

@DaBossk

Жыл бұрын

Hey guy!! Long time no see. Happy new year!

@zx8401ztv

Жыл бұрын

@@DaBossk Hello trouble lol :-D I hope you have a happy new year and a healthy one :-D Personally i think christmas needs to be two months long, it always seems so short lol. I went down the shop yesterday and prices are getting silly, i was going to buy a bottle of milk, instead i bought a cow it was cheaper :-D Mad days but we will cope, get some tea/coffee down your neck :-D

the first cv half shaft i swapped i just hammered a piece of chain link fence top rail over the nut and drilled a hole for a jack handle through the tube, and turned it off. because back then easily finding a 36mm deep well socket was not gonna happen. worked like a charm, and it's still in a box somewhere i'm sure since i never throw anything away that i might find a use for in the future. like you i now have thousands of dollars in hand tools i have bought as i was working over the years, but when i was starting out in the 80's you did what you had to do to get the job done.

@MaxGiganteum

Жыл бұрын

Necessity is the mother of invention! Best wishes! 👍🏻👨🏻‍🔧🇺🇸 - Max Giganteum

Love your workshop. Looks personally organized.

@rickgames634

Жыл бұрын

It's actually a genius trait, similar to KZreadr AvE

@taylorsellers5244

Жыл бұрын

@@rickgames634 big fan of AvE 👍

Great engineering advice - thank you for posting! I am sure to use this now in my metal shop!

Damn, that is a good idea whenever you are in need of a socket. Last week I needed a 36mm. If thought about this then. I would of had the job done quicker. Thanks for the awesome idea

I've seen that Spike before. My family does concrete. Say somebody wants to run electrical underneath the the driveway. You could dig a trench on one side, when you thread section of pipe as long as your trench on to the spike and then you hammer until it comes out on the other side. The last section of pipe to get started on after you're through you attach the conduit to and pull it through. That's how they did it back in the day. Now that use a pipe with a pressure washer on the end and water drill the tunnel. If the ground doesn't have good drainage, then this can be really muddy and you break out the old school tools.

I really like the dog at the end of the video. 😇

Love it your the best man. Biggest truth here is the need to only having to use these large socket 1-3 time in our lives.

The good old "snow quench". Great info... I hadn't thought of this before. Thanks!

That is such an ingenious idea sixtyfiveford, i also made one of those for our 6x6 truck spindle nut. I have a great respect for you

Great idea. Proves again that necessity IS the mother of invention!

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Very true!

This is a really GREAT idea ! I bought an axle socket cost me over $100.00. Also the vise swivel nut wrench, Keep it Going !! Thanks

Your ingenuity never ceases to amaze me, sir!

That unknown part looks like something my father had in the early '60s. It was pounded into the ground in our yard and on days when he would display the American flag, he would go into the yard with a flat blade screwdriver and stab the ground until he located this. He then removed the plug and inserted the flag pole. In the evening, he removed the flag and replaced the plug. As far as I know, it is still buried in that yard, long forgotten. We moved from that house 60 years ago, so who knows!

Good one! I got tired of pipe wrenching the upper ball joints out my Mopars...so made sockets. Wrapped a 1/8" strap around a new ball joint and welded it to a short pipe length, with a 3/4 " square on top. Made two, one for cars and another for trucks.

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Awesome

About that thing you were asking what it is I agree with the first person that said something after you started I think it is a well point. My grandfather lived along side of the river and he would drive one of those into the ground to get water out of the ground without drilling a well

I used your method with a pvc pipe and heat gun to make a socket for a chrome plated tapered nut. Thanks for sharing your method!

For months I've been thinking this channel had the most useful tips , hands down. tHanks for the video, tHanks for the videos.

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

I definitely gotta try this, thanks a ton man, you always have an ace under your sleeve.

Love it! I'm in the middle of one of these scenarios now. I'm going to try it!

Great how to videos. Never a boring one

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Nice tip. I could have used this a few years ago when I needed to take off a hitch ball and didn't have the right socket or wrench with me. I had no idea what that this was till I read some of the comments. It would make a great geocache though!

Ginger is a funny guy. Great DIY sockets.

On your Jack spanner wrench? Heavy plate, cut a hex? Making your own sockets. What a great idea!

Not sure but could be a torpedo point for running a pipe or wires under a sidewalk

That Thing is For Making A Well ( Point ) . Hand Dug Well . Thanks for the Trick on Homemade Socket Making Moe . Your Dog is Too Cool !

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great video for tight fisted folk like me ! That dog cracks me up everytime you show it biting at something. Thanks a bunch. Work safe, Be Well Stay Warm

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

NEGATIVE: That arrow shaped metal tube comes with a brass plug. I have one. These were made in the 1960s to hold flag poles. I made a mistake of hitting the brass plug with a hammer to drive it into the ground. Stuck the damn thing, and never have gotten it out. Couldn't put the flag pole in it after that. But, that's what you have. I can send you a photo of mine to prove it. It has a lot of other uses, and is why I still have mine.

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

Awesome tip Moe. I’ll use this one for sure!

Really cool trick. Will definitely keep this in mind for the future

Nice; this is a rare homemade tool. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎

Amazing, as usual my friend. Thank you 🙏

And you’ll have it with you where you need it without breaking up your shop socket set and risk loosing an expensive socket on the trail. The wide weld bead is definitely suggested because I would be surprised if a thin wall pipe hammered over a nut to form a socket could withstand 100-250 ft pounds required to loosen the nut or bolt before the thin pipe wall yielded and/or split. But good ideas to have tools needed for emergency repairs in hand on the trail. I would probably go ahead and drill a through hole in the tube because the force needed to break large nuts and bolts loose, especially threaded fasteners subject to years of water and mud trail riding is also likely to cause damage or failure of a 3/8” ratchet’s internal components. Also carrying a wire brush and penetrating oil or WD 40 at a minimum is a good idea. WD 40 for displacing water from wetted electrical and electronics connectors.

Those quick sockets for the vise..... genius!

Beautiful. As always. Thanks for sharing.

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Very useful video again; thanks for sharing 👍👍

Super idea, Moe. Thanks for sharing. I'm sure I'll be using this trick before long. You are the MAN! Happy New Year!

@tonywestvirginia

Жыл бұрын

It looks as if the tool that you did not know looks like a "Plum Bob) to me.

That spike is often driven into grass to hold something like a flag pole or something similar. You can plug it when not in use so it doesn't fill with junk.

Awesome vid Moe. Put one inside the other with a 1/2 drive socket/drive in the middle then u have a homemade flip socket with the two sides u need for the side by side !

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Good tip!

Now I know where the old Graveley snow blower got the name "Dog Eater"

Make sure you stamp them Moe Man , made in USA. Thanks for the educational how to upload.

Moe, thank you sir for helping me with your videos, the only content I can stay focused on with the brain fog of this virus. God Bless you my friend 🙏 Jay.

@Eyes0penNoFear

Жыл бұрын

Getting at least 20 minutes of sun every day has helped with brain fog for me. Also, if you can get your doc to prescribe Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) that has been a game changer for me and multiple others I've talked with. LDN is often given for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which has similar symptoms to Long Covid.

@silvergrizzly316

Жыл бұрын

@@Eyes0penNoFear thank you, my doctor prescribed me a high dose antibiotic and it seems to be doing well with the lingering sinus and congestion. The brain fog is getting better also but whatever it was seemed to be trying to take me down into a depression but that, thank God is getting better too. After 13 days counting today, I feel like I'm coming out of this crap!! What's crazy is that I've got everything against me, overweight, high blood pressure, diabetic, chronic bronchitis and asthma but ive got the good Lord on my side and that's all that matters. Thank you for your reply, my friend. Jay 🙏

Cool tip!! Just because I'm lazy I was thinking a press would be another way to get the tube formed over the nut.

@staind288

Жыл бұрын

If you have one. Many diyers dont

@dalemcinnes1834

Жыл бұрын

Most people have a vice. Dale in Canada 🇨🇦

@staind288

Жыл бұрын

@@dalemcinnes1834 a cheap one from harbor freight or princess auto and break when used as a vice

So clever, so many cool tricks on this channel!

Very nice. it reminds me of the spark plug tool in a motorcycle tool kit! And in some older import car tool kits!

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Great point!

Great trick. That looks like how every one of my axle nut sockets are actually made. Thanks 👍🏼

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

You bet!

Now that's an awesome idea! I know what I'll be doing in the future!

Another great video. Thanks for posting it.

That metal thing is a well drill head. Its good for sandy or soil that ain't got too much rocks and it works to set a old-school hand pump well

We had one of those spike things you asked about as a flag pole holder for front yard spike went into ground just below surface and flag pole screwed into it. We had several for our front yard for flag day, Veterans Day, 4th, etc

I seen some plumbers use something similar to that it was for pulling copper pipe through a main water line that was lead out to the road

I use this method of making sockets all the time. I especially like using PVC pipe to make sockets for bulkhead fittings, just heat the pipe until pliable and slip over the nut and let cool.

@LMde20

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, pvc works great, along with two part repair putty, and acrylic clay. I've seen pvc used extensively in the spa industry, for pipe and jet fittings. The 'pro' ones are expensive since they're so large.

Thanks. That idea gives me a fix for the nut on my lathe tool post. I’ve been wanting to fix a tool there temporarily to use instead of the end wrench. Thanks again 😊Ron

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Right on

And You mister are truly greatest.

This is a smoking awesome way to save some time and money. Thanks and btw, I love your dog!

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Excellent demonstration of ingenuity! Thanks

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

The mystery tool is definitely a Stake of some sort maybe for an umbrella or something similar..couldn't find anything on it exactly but could also be for diy water well drilling too..

Came for the Ginger moment, not disappointed!

Another gem, great idea 💡

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great idea, thanks for sharing.

It's a Lawn Socket for flagpoles. you can find aluminum versions on Amazon.

Keep the great videos coming

I like the pipe method, gonna have to remember that one!

I've seen sockets like yours for basin stuff and plumbing stuff. If it works, it works. If I need a BIG socket I go bum pne or bum the socket and owner. That usually works best and Ginger will be eating grass balls before too long. BLESSINGS!

My dad had a park lawn device in his front yard for a flag pole, probably not the intended use but it worked.

Pure genius. Love your videos. Thank you from UK X

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

HAHAHHHAHHAHAH ... That dog at the end is wacked right out of it ...

Could it be for holding up a spinning washing line. That’s the Irish man’s educated guess, without a skin full of Guinness. Greetings from Ireland 😀

Another Brilliant idea , Thankyou

I was wondering how you acquired the Mastercraft sticker. To me, and any Canadian with a Canadian Tire store nearby, that name would represent one of the store tool brands. It just made me wonder if you were aware of the brand, or does it represent something else. I have made large sockets like yours over the years, but I always used the press to stretch the metal over the nut, and I never hammered the flats after pressing them. I liked that idea, and am going to incorporate that into any future sockets I make, and I am also going to use your idea of welding around the base of the new socket. Both, very good tips. People often ask me, why I keep all the assorted pieces of pipe, and making single use sockets and for joining other pipe is the reason.

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

That MasterCraft logo is actually formed/raised letters from the side of a riding mower hood I worked on years ago.

@jjock3239

Жыл бұрын

@@sixtyfiveford That makes sense, because they also have lawnmowers and an array of other merchandise with the same brand logo, including tools and tool boxes. I was just surprised to see it in the US.

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

@@jjock3239 They're very rare in the US. That's one of the reasons I took the logo off.

Handy to know . Thanks mate 👍

Pretty cool. I might make one just for the heck of it.

Ìt never crossed my mind to build a socket i sure could have used your brain power in the past thanks.

@sixtyfiveford

6 ай бұрын

Thanks.

junk + skill x imagination = all things!

You rock dude. Thank you 👍

so happy i stumbled upon ur channel looking howto remove a deep head bolt. now learning how to make my own sockets, impressive! your a highly skilled individual thank u. new to farm acreage life so i needed this knowledge

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Sweet! Always thinking with you head.

great stuff as usual!

@sixtyfiveford

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate that

Nice tip. I have to try it, just because 🙂 Stay well, Joe Z

Great idea thanks!